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Telamon wrote:

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Telamon wrote:

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Some of you may be bidding on this, but for those who
haven't seen this yet, this is headed for what I believe
will be an absolute record price for a Drkae R7 --
incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em&rd=1&item=5
77149540 1

Ends in just under 2 hours.

Never met the reserve.

So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?

There are times when the R7 is superior due to its 'true'
passband tuning. I never would have pulled Northern Cyprus in on
6150 without it.

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?

I have the 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2,3 kHz filters in it.

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?

No mods, but does have the NB and the above filters.

Are the filters from Drake or from somewhere else?

All are Drake except the 3 kHz filter which is from Sherwood
Engineering though I'm certain he had those made up by someone else.

Sorry to be pest but do you know what center frequency these
filters operate on? The R8 and R8B are around 50 KHz and if they
are Drake stock filters I was wondering if they were also low
frequency IF filters or something higher?

They are centered around 5.695 MHz or so as I recall.

I was also wondering if you found the noise blanker to be effective
but you are in a fairly low noise area so I suspect you don't know.

The noise blanker is effective, though I rarely have to use it.
Generally the S meters sit on S1 or below here during the day, even
with several hundred feet of wire connected to the receivers. If it
goes up, I pick up the phone and call the local Board of Public
Works.

That is one problem being near an ocean beach is that the ocean breeze
deposits salt on the power line insulators. The humidity allows the salt
to become ions in the surface moisture and the insulator leakage goes up
and generates noise. Southern California Edison has trucks that spray
high pressure water to wash them off but you can't get them all the time.

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Telamon
Ventura, California